Tracking Pastner

University of Memphis Basketball Head Coach Josh Pastner

NCAA Top 10 Best Career Starts By Wins
(Head coaches with at least half their seasons at Division I)

4 SEASONS
1. Brad Stevens, Butler (2008-11) 117 (29.25 WPS)
2. Shaka Smart, VCU (2010-13) 111 (27.75)
3. Everett Case, North Carolina St. (1947-50) 107 (26.75 WPS)
4. Josh Pastner, Memphis (2009-13) 106 (26.50 WPS)
5. Mark Few, Gonzaga (2000-03) 105 (26.25 WPS)
5. Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh (2004-07) 105 (26.25 WPS)
7. Bruce Stewart, West Va. Wesleyan & Middle Tenn. (1983-86) 104 (26.0 WPS)
7. Steve Prohm, Murray St. (2012-15) 104 (26.0 WPS)
9. Roy Williams, Kansas (1989-92) 103 (25.75 WPS)
10. Mark Fox, Nevada (2005-08) 102 (25.5 WPS)
10. Thad Matta, Butler & Xavier (2001-04) 102 (25.5 WPS)
…
12. Jim Boeheim, Syracuse (1977-80) 100 (25.0 WPS)
12. Speedy Morris, La Salle (1987-90) 100 (25.0 WPS)
12. Paul Westphal, Grand Canyon & Pepperdine (1987-88, 2002-03) 100 (25.0 WPS)

Source: Official 2013-14 NCAA Men's Basketball Coaching Records pg. 14


5 SEASONS
1. Brad Stevens, Butler (2008-12) 139 (27.8 WPS)
2. Everett Case, North Carolina St. (1947-51) 137 (27.4 WPS)
3. Shaka Smart, VCU (2010-14) 137 (27.4 WPS)
4. Mark Few, Gonzaga (2000-04) 133 (26.6 WPS)
5. Roy Williams, Kansas (1989-93) 132 (26.4 WPS)
5. Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh (2004-08) 132 (26.4 WPS)
7. Josh Pastner, Memphis (2009-14) 130 (26.0 WPS)
8. Dave Rose, BYU (2006-10) 127 (25.4 WPS)
9. Bruce Stewart, West Va. Wesleyan & Middle Tenn. (1983-87) 126 (25.2 WPS)
10. Forddy Anderson, Drake & Bradley (1947-51) 123 (24.6 WPS)
10. Mark Fox, Nevada (2005-08) 123 (24.6 WPS)

Source: Official 2014-15 NCAA Men's Basketball Coaching Records pg. 14


NCAA Top 10 Best Career Starts By Wins
(Head coaches with at least half their seasons at Division I)

6 SEASONS
1. Brad Stevens, Butler (2008-13) 166 (27.7 WPS)
2. Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh (2004-09) 163 (27.2 WPS)
2. Shaka Smart, VCU (2010-15) 163 (27.2 WPS)
4. Everett Case, North Carolina St (1947-52) 161 (26.8 WPS)
5. Mark Few, Gonzaga (2000-05) 159 (26.5 WPS)
5. Dave Rose, BYU (2006-11) 159 (26.5 WPS)
5. Roy Williams, Kansas (1989-94) 159 (26.5 WPS)
8. Bruce Stewart, West Va. Wesleyan & Middle Tenn (1983-88) 149 (24.8 WPS)
9. Thad Matta, Butler, Xavier & Ohio St. (2001-06) 148 (24.7 WPS)
9. Tom Izzo, Michigan St (1996-2001) 148 (24.7 WPS)
9. Josh Pastner, Memphis (2009-15) 148 (24.7 WPS)
12. Fred Schaus, West Virginia (1955-60) 146 (24.3 WPS)

Source: Official 2014-15 NCAA Men's Basketball Coaching Records pg. 14

Josh has completed six seasons at Memphis and is in his seventh season.
Josh has averaged 24.7 wins over his first six seasons.

NCAA Top 10 Best Career Starts By Wins
(Head coaches with at least half their seasons at Division I)

7 SEASONS
1. Mark Few, Gonzaga (2000-06) 188 (26.9 WPS)
1. Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh (2004-10) 188 (26.9 WPS)
3. Everett Case, North Carolina St. (1947-53) 187 (26.7 WPS)
4. Dave Rose, BYU 2006-12 185 (26.4 WPS)
5. Roy Williams, Kansas (1989-95) 184 (26.3 WPS)
6. Thad Matta, Butler, Xavier & Ohio St. (2001-07) 183 (26.1 WPS)
7. Larry Brown, UCLA & Kansas (1980-81, 84-88) 172 (24.6 WPS)
7. Bruce Stewart, West Va. Wesleyan & Middle Tenn. (1983-89) 172 (24.6 WPS)
9. Tom Izzo, Michigan St. (1996-2002) 167 (23.9 WPS)
10. Bruce Weber, Southern Ill. & Illinois (1999-2005) 166 (23.7 WPS)
10. Sean Miller, Xavier & Arizona (2005-11) 166 (23.7 WPS)
…
Josh Pastner, Memphis (2009-16) 156 (24.7 WPS)

Source: Official 2015-16 NCAA Men's Basketball Coaching Records pg. 20


Josh can move into a tie for 10th with 10 wins.
Josh can move into a tie for 9th with 11 wins.
Josh can take sole possession of 9th with 12 wins.
Josh can move into a tie for 7th with 16 wins.
Josh can take sole possession of 7th with 17 wins.
Josh can move into a tie for 6th with 27 wins.
Josh can move into a tie for 5th with 28 wins.
Josh can move into a tie for 4th with 29 wins.
It is mathematically impossible for Josh to take sole possession of 4th place.

2015-16 Season Results
11/14/15 vs Southern Miss W, 67-49 (1-0)
11/17/15 vs Oklahoma L, 84-78 (1-1)
11/19/15 vs Grambling State W, 83-65 (2-1)
11/23/15 vs UT-Arlington L, 68-64 (2-2)
11/27/15 vs Ohio State W, 81-76 OT (3-2)
12/01/15 vs Louisiana Tech W, 94-68 (4-2)
12/5/15 vs Southeast Missouri St W, 80-65 (5-2)
12/12/15 vs Manhattan W, 89-57 (6-2)
12/15/15 vs Southern W, 72-67 (7-2)
12/18/15 vs Ole Miss L, 85-79 (7-3)
12/22/15 vs IUPUI W, 84-48 (8-3)
12/29/15 vs Tulane
01/02/16 @ South Carolina
01/05/16 vs Nicholls St
01/09/16 @ UConn
01/13/16 vs Temple
01/16/16 vs South Florida
01/21/16 @ Cincinnati
01/24/16 vs East Carolina
01/26/16 @ Central Florida
01/30/16 @ SMU
02/04/16 vs UConn
02/06/16 vs Cincinnati
02/10/16 @ Houston
02/13/16 @ Tulane
02/17/16 vs Central Florida
02/20/16 @ South Florida
02/25/16 SMU
02/28/16 vs Tulsa
03/03/16 @ Temple
03/06/16 @ East Carolina

American Athletic Conference Championship – Orlando, FL
03/10/15 Opening Round TV
03/11/15 Quarterfinal Round TV
03/12/15 Semifinal Round TV
03/13/15 Championship Game TV



Tracking Josh

Memphis Tigers Coaching Records
1. Larry Finch (1986-1997) 220-130 0.629 (20.0 WPS)
2. John Calipari (2000-2009) 214-69 0.756 (23.78 WPS) *
3. Zach Curlin (1924-1948) 173-184 0.485 (7.52 WPS) **
4. Dana Kirk (1979-1986) 158-58 0.731 (22.57 WPS)
5. Josh Pastner (2009-Present) 156-61 0.719 (24.7 WPS)
6. Bob Vanatta (1956-1962) 109-34 0.762 (18.17 WPS)
7. Wayne Yates (1974-1979) 93-49 0.655 (18.60 WPS)
8. Eugene Lambert (1951-1956) 87-45 0.659 (17.40 WPS)
9. Gene Bartow (1970-1974) 83-32 0.722 (20.75 WPS)
10. Dean Ehlers (1962-1966) 53-47 0.530 (13.25 WPS)
11. McCoy Tarry (1948-1951) 40-27 0.597 (13.33 WPS)
12. Moe Iba (1966-1970) 37-65 0.363 (9.25 WPS)
13. Tic Price (1997-1999) 30-27 0.526 (15.0 WPS)
14. Fredrick Grantham (1920-1921) 22-7 0.759 (22.0 WPS)
15. Johnny Jones (1999-2000) 15-16 0.484 (15.0 WPS)
16. Lester Barhard (1922-1924) 10-13 0.435 (5.0 WPS)
17. W. H. Depriest (1921-1922) 1-7 0.125 (1.0 WPS)

* 38 wins from 2007-2008 vacated by NCAA
** There was no team in 1943-44 due to World War II. The 1944-45 squad had to be made up of freshmen under the age of eighteen due to the draft. Two players received draft notices upon their 18th birthdays.

With his 73rd win in his 3rd season at Memphis Pastner became the winningest coach after three seasons in Tiger history.
With his 100th win in his 4th season at Memphis Pastner reached that milestone faster than any coach in Memphis history.

Josh can move into a tie for 4th with 2 wins.
Josh can take sole possession of 4th with 3 wins.
Josh can move into a tie for 3rd with 17 wins.
Josh can take sole possession of 3rd with 18 wins.
It is mathematically impossible for Josh to move into a tie for 2nd.


Pastner's Record at Memphis and Overall Record (2009-16)
156-61 (.719) Overall
52-12 (.813) C-USA Reg Season
9-1 (.900) C-USA Tourney
61-13 (.824) C-USA Overall
22-13 (.629) AAC Reg Season
0-2 (.000) AAC Tourney
22-16 (.579) AAC Overall
74-25 (.747) Conference Reg Season
9-3 (.750) Conference Tourney
83-29 (.741) Conference Overall
2-4 (.333) NCAA Tournament

NCAA Tournament
2011 vs. Arizona L, 77-75
2012 vs. Saint Louis L, 61-54
2013 vs. Saint Mary's W, 54-52
2013 vs. Michigan State L, 70-48
2014 vs. George Washington W, 71-66
2014 vs. Virginia L, 78-60

Allsome

Gotta be one of those despicable coach-lovers. With an agenda.

Hard to believe the "worst coach in college basketball" could accomplish some of this. But therein lies the problem. The narrative is too strong, and CJP has lost the fans. He's got to go.

Those AAC and NCAA records are the smoking gun.

(12-22-2015 09:26 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  Hard to believe the "worst coach in college basketball" could accomplish some of this. But therein lies the problem. The narrative is too strong, and CJP has lost the fans. He's got to go.

Give credit where it is due - he recruited like a madman for his first 4 years and that talent slapped CUSA silly.

Don't go confusing people with logic.

The longer he coaches, the further he plummets down the 'most wins to start their careers' list.

What Jamie Dixon did at Pitt in the murderous Big East was really incredible. Too bad for him he flamed out in the tourney every year.

With that record, Josh's next job should be at a top 10 school. How could anyone not be impressed with that level of success?

As I've illustrated before and per statsheet, the league when Josh took over was the weakest it has ever been (from CUSA back on back).

There was a graph on statsheet which also showed in graph form the strength of the league dating back to Finch's days and as one would expect the graph bottomed out those first five years during Josh era (luck of the draw to enter the league at its weakest.... Ever)

Link

Quote:Per statsheet.com

In Cal's 1st five years, the league got stronger sending 2, 3, 4, 6, 4 teams to the NC2A tourney.

In Josh's 1st four years CUSA sent 2, 2, 2, 1, (AAC in year 5).


The teams who made it in the big dance from CUSA in Cal's 1st five years MADE NOISE in the tourney whereas the single CUSA team besides Memphis which made it to the big dance in Josh years did nothing (probably only made the big dance due to the field expanding to except more teams).

Again, There is no comparison here.

It's not Josh's fault the league was pure garbage when he took over (remember it WAS raided a few years before then) however don't be naïve and omit the lack of strength of the league aided his record as a starting coach (btw, didn't Cal go 61-1 or something like that after the raid???). #WeaksauceLeague:


Old Link to the FACTS

Quote:Per statsheet.com, here is CUSA's NCAA tourney winning percentage when Cal coached his first 5 years vs Josh:

Cal:
(.25, .5555, .454545, .6, .6) = average of 49.2% winning

Josh:
(0, 0, 0, .5) = 12.5% winning in the big dance. The lone win for any CUSA team since 2009 was the win against power house St Mary's.

CUSA's average throughout history for wins in the NC2A tourney is 50.5%

The league flatlined to ZERO for the first time in conference history in 2009-10 in terms of winning percentage in the big dance when Josh took over. Win % remained AT ZERO for three straight years marking the weakest stretch for CUSA since its conception (duhhh, of course Josh would rack up good numbers with virtually NO competion).

Again, NO COMPARISON. Memphis during Josh's tenure has been a big fish in a little pond.

This is FACT.

(12-22-2015 09:37 PM)Bluebeard Wrote:  The longer he coaches, the further he plummets down the 'most wins to start their careers' list.

Gotta be on the list to plummet down it.

(12-22-2015 10:04 PM)CUSA_NEWS Wrote:  It's not Josh's fault the league was pure garbage when he took over (remember it WAS raided a few years before then) however don't be naïve and omit the lack of strength of the league aided his record as a starting coach (btw, didn't Cal go 61-1 or something like that after the raid???). #WeaksauceLeague:


Old Link to the FACTS

Quote:Per statsheet.com, here is CUSA's NCAA tourney winning percentage when Cal coached his first 5 years vs Josh:

Cal:
(.25, .5555, .454545, .6, .6) = average of 49.2% winning

Josh:
(0, 0, 0, .5) = 12.5% winning in the big dance. The lone win for any CUSA team since 2009 was the win against power house St Mary's.

CUSA's average throughout history for wins in the NC2A tourney is 50.5%

The league flatlined to ZERO for the first time in conference history in 2009-10 in terms of winning percentage in the big dance when Josh took over. Win % remained AT ZERO for three straight years marking the weakest stretch for CUSA since its conception (duhhh, of course Josh would rack up good numbers with virtually NO competion).

Again, NO COMPARISON. Memphis during Josh's tenure has been a big fish in a little pond.

This is FACT.

Using your logic, why is the list not dominated by coaches from the Atlantic Sun or the MAAC? One thing to coach in a weak league. Another thing to get players one level up from that league. Quite another to dominate that league at a historical record pace.

Look, he's not a top 10 coach. No way. And the damage is done. He has to go.

But he's not the "hot garbage" that some are claiming. And it's not going to be easy to just fire, hire, and return to glory.

He is hot garbage. It's absolutely asinine to think he's not.

What are his 5 best wins during his career?

What is his record vs top 100 rpi teams?

(12-22-2015 10:57 PM)Seller545 Wrote:  What is his record vs top 100 rpi teams?

I give up. What is it?

(12-22-2015 10:42 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(12-22-2015 09:37 PM)Bluebeard Wrote:  The longer he coaches, the further he plummets down the 'most wins to start their careers' list.

Gotta be on the list to plummet down it.

Great logic regarding your idol. The key word is "plummet".

As soon as he got in a half way decent conference he PLUMMETED.

I dont have it. I am sure its pretty bad considering he was 0-20 something vs the top 25 at one point
It was left off of his accolades above

(12-22-2015 11:01 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  

(12-22-2015 10:57 PM)Seller545 Wrote:  What is his record vs top 100 rpi teams?

I give up. What is it?